Frederic clay bartlett biography
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- Frederic Clay Bartlett (June 1, 1873 – June 25, 1953) was an American artist and art collector known for his collection of French Post-Impressionist and.
- Frederic Clay Bartlett was born on June 1, 1873, at the family home at 31 Bryant Avenue on Chicago's South Side.
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Frederic Clay Bartlett
American artist and art collector (1873–1953)
Frederic Clay Bartlett (June 1, 1873 – June 25, 1953) was an American artist and art collector known for his collection of French Post-Impressionist and modernist art.[1] Bartlett was committed to promoting the work of fellow contemporary artists and was a founding member of the Arts Club of Chicago, a pioneering organization dedicated to the advancement of modern art.
Early life
Bartlett was born in Chicago to Mary Pitkin Bartlett and Adolphus Clay Bartlett, the president of Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Company, the company that originated the label True Value.[2][3] He attended St. Paul's in Concord, New Hampshire, and the Harvard School for Boys in Chicago. However, at the age of nineteen, instead of pursuing a college degree, Bartlett traveled to Europe from Chicago to study art [4]
Bartlett attributed the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 as his main source of inspiration regarding fine art. In 1894, Bartlett, along with fellow Chicagoan, Rober
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Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
| Archives/Repository | Collection Title | Collection Details |
|---|---|---|
| National Portrait Gallery Library Smithsonian American Art Museum | Artist file: Bartlett, Frederic Clay , 1873-1953 | see details... |
| Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 | Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries records, 1858-1969, bulk 1919-1968 | see details... |
| University of Virginia | Autographs collected and letters received, A-N by Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922). | see details... |
| University of Chicago, Library | Poetry: a magazine of verse : records, 1912-1961. | see details... |
| University of Chicago, Library | Harriet Monroe Papers, 1873-1944 (inclusive). | see details... |
| The Ryerson & Burnham Archives Art Institute of Chicago | Miscellanea - Frederic Clay Bartlett. | see details... |
| University of Chicago, Library | Archival Biographical Files, circa 1890-2010 | see details... |
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Frederic Clay Eric (Bartlett) Wentworth (1932 - 2023)
FredericClay EricWentworth formerly Bartlett
Son of Frederic Clay Bartlett Jr. and Mary N. (Tilt) Wentworth
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Father of Ali Wentworth and Benjamin Owen Wentworth
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Biography
Frederic Clay Bartlett, III was born on 29 June 1932 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA and was the son of Mary Agnes (Tilt, 1905–1977) and Frederic Clay Bartlett, Jr. (1907–1955).
After the divorce of his biological parents, his mother married secondly to John Wentworth, who adopted him, leading to his name change from Frederic Clay Bartlett, III to Eric Bartlett Wentworth.
He graduated from Phillips Andover Academy (1950); Harvard University (1954); and Columbia University Journalism School (1958).
He served as a Lieutenant in a tank battalion in post-war Germany.
Eric Wentworth first married about 1956 to Ma
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